verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of alienate.
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adjective.
caused to be unloved
adjective.
socially disoriented
Word Usage
"Compared to core conservatives and liberals, however, independents are generally pragmatic and moderate in outlook, and almost by definition are alienated from the hyper-partisan, zero-sum game of politics as played in Washington."